linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: dgnc: fix potential format string flaw

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Message-ID: <20130911044116.GA17294@www.outflux.net>
Date:	Tue, 10 Sep 2013 21:41:16 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Lidza Louina <lidza.louina@...il.com>,
	Tushar Behera <tushar.behera@...aro.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: dgnc: fix potential format string flaw

Make sure that format strings cannot leak into printk() calls from the
msgbuf string.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c
index f8c1e22..71d2b83 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static void dgnc_cleanup_board(struct board_t *brd)
 
 		DGNC_LOCK(dgnc_global_lock, flags);
 		brd->msgbuf = NULL;
-		printk(brd->msgbuf_head);
+		printk("%s", brd->msgbuf_head);
 		kfree(brd->msgbuf_head);
 		brd->msgbuf_head = NULL;
 		DGNC_UNLOCK(dgnc_global_lock, flags);
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ static int dgnc_found_board(struct pci_dev *pdev, int id)
 	DPR_INIT(("dgnc_scan(%d) - printing out the msgbuf\n", i));
 	DGNC_LOCK(dgnc_global_lock, flags);
 	brd->msgbuf = NULL;
-	printk(brd->msgbuf_head);
+	printk("%s", brd->msgbuf_head);
 	kfree(brd->msgbuf_head);
 	brd->msgbuf_head = NULL;
 	DGNC_UNLOCK(dgnc_global_lock, flags);
-- 
1.7.9.5


-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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